tow-haired
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Three tow-haired boys entertain themselves quietly as their mother takes notes.
From Slate • Feb. 5, 2012
It was sniveling covered with pimples and tow-haired..
From Time Magazine Archive
Why should I care what a tow-haired person called Jonas, whom I never saw before thinks of me?
From Anne of the Island by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
That afternoon Mrs. Marsden went round to the bank; and next day the tow-haired girl had disappeared.
From Mrs. Thompson A Novel by Maxwell, W. B. (William Babington)
A lanky, tow-haired boy of fifteen was tucking himself up carefully among the blankets on the left-hand side of the seat.
From The Watchers of the Trails A Book of Animal Life by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
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